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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Portland's Empyrean Fire entwine symphonic lushness with atmospheric black metal's vastness, building immersive soundscapes that mirror the Pacific Northwest's fog-heavy grandeur.
When Empyrean Grace emerged in 2020 from Nijmegen, they brought with them a sound rooted in atmospheric black metal and black metal — all raw, lo-fi aggression channeled through kvlt aesthetics. Lo-fi authenticity lends their recordings a genuinely oppressive character.
Lake Forest's Empyrean Throne operate at the intersection of technical black and death metal, deploying precise, labyrinthine riff work that demands close attention from the Southern California underground.
Empyrean Vessel arrived in 2022 as a location-anonymous black metal project, letting the music speak entirely through atmosphere and aggression without geographic context to soften it.
Chicago-connected Wisconsin black metal act Empyreus have maintained a grimly focused vision since 2014, channeling the genre's traditional misanthropy with unwavering conviction.
Drawing from Nitra's musical fabric, this Slovak act forges Black Metal, Death Metal, and Symphonic Metal built on bombastic, film-score-scale compositions with genuine metallic weight. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
Austin black metal project Empyrrean cut against the city's reputation for eclecticism — raw, unadorned, and committed to the genre's most uncompromising traditions since 2018.
Stubbornly devoted to the riff, this black metal and death metal act from Cesena traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2011, they've built a catalog that reflects Italy's underrated but thriving metal community.
Emuthry is a black/death metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2023. The four-piece, comprising Diguinho Ferreira on vocals and guitar, Davi Caruccio on guitar, Leo Heldwein on bass, and Bia Martins on drums, released recordings including the demo Rehearsal Tapes and tracks Decease of Humanity and The Ruin of The Lord before going on hold.
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